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H. B. WRITING.

LINE HOLDER.

N0. 338,212. Patented Mar. 16, 1886.

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HENRY B. WHITING, OF NEW HAVEN, GONN., ASSIGNOR TO AUGUSTUS D. HENDRIOK AND GEORGE \V. HENDRIOK, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

LINE-HOLDER.

.EJPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,212, dated March 16, 1886.

Application filed October '22, 1884. Serial No. 146,232. (X model.)

To aZZ whom it .may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY B. WVHITING, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Li'ne- Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan View of the blank from which the holder is formed. Fig. 2 is a side View of the blank bent around untilits straight edges meet. Fig. 3 is a rear view, showing the line of junction of the straight edges.

5 Fig. 4c is a side view showing the eye of the holder moved out of line with its ends or projections. Figs. 5 and 6 are cross'sections through the lines 00 and 3 Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a plan view, showing the holder bent into shape. Fig. 8 is a perspective view, showing the ends or projections having circular grooves on their under sides.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my improved holder, I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

3o My'invention relates particularly to line holders which are fastened to fishing-rods, the said holder made of one piece of metal bent around until the straight edges meet centrally through its length, forming an eye 5 through which the line passes, and rounding the under side of the ends or projections which rest upon the rod into circular grooves.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the blank stamped out of thin sheet metal 0 in the usual manner, and having the ends or projections a. The blank is then placed upon a cylindrical former and bent around by hand tools or punches and dies made for that purpose, until the straight edges meet centrally 4 5 through its length and form the eye b, through which the line passes.

In order that the twine or thread used to or move the eye out of line with its ends or projections, as shown in Fig. 4.

The ends or projections a of the holder I which come in contact with the rod have their under sides rounded and formed into circular grooves to fit the rod, as shown in Fig. 8. By 5 making these circular grooves on the under side of the ends or projections the holder partly encircles the rod and makes a neat and strong attachment.

Iam aware that line holders have been made of asingle piece of sheet metal bent around to form the eye, with the meeting point of its straight edges diagonally across the length, and the eye on a line with the ends or projections; but in my line-holder the meetingpoint of its straight edges is centrally through its length, and the eye is raised out of line with its ends or projections in order that the thread used to fasten the holder to the rod will not project above the bottom of the eye and impede the passage of the line.

I am also aware that holders have been made of sheet metal in two parts with eyes soldered or riveted to the other parts, and that they have been made of single pieces of 7 5 sheet metal with the eyes bent around and the meeting edges of the eyes soldered together.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is

The within-described lineholder A, constructed of one piece of metal having the meeting-point of its straight edges centrally through its length, the eye b,raised above the 8 5 

